Washing-machine



iL PETERS, PHOTO-L THOGRAPHER WASHINGTN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

A. C. GALLAHUE, OF DOVER PLAINS, NEW YORK.

WASHING- MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A.C.GALLA11UE, of Dover Plains, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-VVashing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure l isa longitudinal vertical section ot' my invention taken in the line a' Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved clothes washing-machine ot' that class in which a swinging pressure-segment is used for producing the necessary rubbing and friction.

The invention consists in a novel arrangement otl a swinging pressure-segment and a tluted roller, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby clothes may be washed and thoroughly cleansed from dirt without injuring them, and with but a moderate expenditure ot' time and labor.

A represents a suds-box, supported at a suitable height by legs a, and having within it a transverse horizontal roller, B, provided with a iuted or corrugated periphery. This roller B just clears the bottom of the suds-box.

C represents a segment which is above the roller B, and is suspended by arms b b from a frame, D, placed on the suds-box, and connected at one end to the same by ajoint, hinges, or liexible substance, as shown at c. This segment is allowed to swing freely back and forth within the suds-box, and the journal of one of the arms b extends through the side of frame D, and has a pendant, d, attached, the lower end of which is connected by arod, e, with a crank, f, at one end of a shaft, g, which isplaced at the exterior of the front end of the sudsbox, and has a crank, h, at its opposite end for turning it. The free or disengaged end of the frame D is connected by a rod, t, with a treadle, E, under the suds-boX, the outer end ot' the tre-.idle having` a spring, F, attached to it, which has a tendency to keep the segment O down upon the lluted roller.

The operation is as follows: The box A is supplied with a requisite quantity ofsuds, and the clothes to be washed are placed between the roller B and the segment C. The shaft g is then turned anda swinging motion communicated tothe segmentthrough thc medium ot' the crank f, rod e, and pendant d. The clothes are subjected to the requisite degree ot' pressure and grubbing or friction between the ment and roller, and the pressure may be regulated as desired bytheactionotthe foot upon the treadle E, and the clothes worked back and forth between the segment and roller until thoroughly cleansed, and by raising and lowering the segment at the proper time moved more or less forward orbackward between the segment and roller, as may be required, in order to have all parts of the clothes acted upon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The tinted or corrugated roller B, in combination with the swinging segment O, when the latter is att-ached to or suspended from a hinged frame, D, connected with a spring, F, through the medium of a treadle, E, substantially in the manner as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. OperatingtheswingingsegmentOthrough the medium ofthe pendant d,rod c, and crank fon the shaft g, at the front end of the sudsbox A, substantially as described.

A. C. GALLAHUE.

Vitnesses ROBERT B. RYAN, N. KETCHAM. 

